Chapter 14: Military Threats

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-- In November, it was already winter.

In this early winter, the coming to power of the East China Provisional Political Axe allowed the people of Fujian to see a bright future, but for the people of Zhejiang, it was not very clear.

However, in recent days, notices have been posted in the county government that all peasant households with less than 50 mu of land are exempt from all taxes, and the land rent of the landlord's leased land should not be higher than 10 catties of rice.

The people of Zhejiang were also rejoicing, but the landlords were not happy.

Not only were the landlords in Zhejiang unhappy, but even the landlords in Fujian were unhappy, and the landlords in Jiangxi almost fell out in the sky, and the situation suddenly became chaotic.

The promulgation of the "New Agricultural Management Regulations" is like dropping a bombshell in a pool of water that tends to calm down, stirring up a wave.

The landlord is the most important local force in this era, and most of the landlord class belongs to the type of parasitic tenant farmers, they rely on renting land to live, of course, there is also a general phenomenon of inviting long-term workers to work at home and operating independently, but few landlords invite all their farmland to be cultivated by long-term workers, most of them are partially rented out and partly self-cultivated.

After the promulgation of the "New Agricultural Management Regulations", it means that they will not have any income after renting out the land they own, and they will not receive much money at all for ten catties of rice.

The township autonomous councils in Zhejiang and Jiangxi suddenly ceased to work, and the gentry in various places began to protest against the new bill introduced by the East China Provisional Political Axe.

Especially in the area of Yingtan and Shangrao in Jiangxi, the squires shouted the slogan of the Fujian Yankees getting out of Jiangxi, and these squires were often able to gather a large number of people, and the chaos in Jiangxi reached the highest among the three provinces, while Fujian was the most stable, because the political axe in East China had a foundation here, and the people did not respond to those landlords at all, and those landlords only complained verbally, but there was no actual reaction.

The situation in Zhejiang is also better than in Jiangxi, because there is no one in Zhejiang to incite right and wrong, but Jiangxi is different, and Jiangxi Governor Ma Liubao immediately began to fan the flames after learning of the bill introduced by the East China Provisional Political Axe.

"Chairman, the situation is not good!" You Zhengbin reported to Xia Jun sweating profusely, "The local township councils in Jiangxi have been paralyzed by 80% since they were first established, and they are still spreading, and our administrative staff cannot carry out their work at all, and there are also some squires who gather the people and violently expel our administrative staff." In addition, according to the report of the Third Reading Force Regiment stationed in Jiangxi, Ma Liubao, the governor of Jiangxi, has begun to organize troops and is ready to respond to the Jiangxi squires at any time. ”

"Humph! Governor of Jiangxi, I'll see how long he can do it. Xia Jun snorted coldly, he was not worried about the current chaotic situation, Fujian is the foundation of his life, since Fujian is not chaotic, Zhejiang will not be chaotic, Zhejiang will not be chaotic, Zhejiang will not be chaotic, and if Zhejiang is not chaotic, it will be Jiangxi.

Although Xia Jun's agricultural regulation and control were a little more urgent, it did not cause any terrible consequences.

"A regiment of anti-riot police was immediately mobilized to be stationed in Jiangxi, and the administrative department immediately posted notices in various localities to clarify the agricultural management regulations." Xia Jun immediately issued an order, "In addition, the first and second reading groups will be stationed in Yingtan, and the third reading force will be stationed in Jiujiang." ”

After Xia Jun's order was issued, the military department and the armed forces department immediately began to dispatch troops.

The riot police of one regiment got on trucks and drove directly out of Fujian on the highway from Jian'an to Xianxiaguan, and then entered the border of Jiangxi and began to be stationed in various localities to carry out anti-riot tasks.

The 1st and 2nd Reading Regiments were deployed in the vicinity of Yongding and Tingzhou, and although they were not as fast as the riot police, the roads were basically unobstructed, and they were mobilized very quickly under the condition of motorized transportation by the whole army.

Xia Jun mobilized two reading groups into Jiangxi because the situation in Jiangxi was unstable and conflicts could break out at any time, and the combat effectiveness of Xia Jun's newly compiled five reading groups was not very strong, so he mobilized three regiments to go over.

Under the instruction of Xia Jun, the Ministry of Administration soon posted notices in various prefectures and counties, declaring that the new agricultural management regulations were not intended to take the profits of the landlords, but only because of the position of self-reliance, to prevent the landlords from parasitic on the tenant farmers, and the landlords could hire long-term workers to engage in agricultural reclamation, and the East China Provisional Political Axe would provide them with sufficient fertilizer powder (the name of chemical fertilizer in this era), as well as the support of agricultural machinery, and threatened that the agricultural machinery provided by the East China Temporary Political Axe could be compared with ten long-term workers...... This was a proclamation to appease the landlord class, and cited the example of the 'farming company' that Lin Debao had just set up, listing the efficiency of various agricultural machinery and the benefits of self-management.

This notice is indeed correct, but only the definition of agricultural tax is omitted, Xia Jun has not yet issued a clear agricultural tax collection policy at this time, which is the next step of regulation and control.

First fool these landlords, and when the situation is stabilized, then raise their agricultural taxes, and then these landlords will not respond to them if they want to make trouble.

As long as the provisional political axe in East China is given a certain amount of time, the popular base of these landlords can be exhausted, and when the time comes, these landlords want to make trouble, which people will support them?

Xia Jun's first step in agricultural regulation was intended to protect the interests of yeoman farmers and tenant households, who definitely accounted for about 80 percent of the population, or even higher.

As for those landlords, it is okay to say that they are social elites, and it is okay to say that they are bedbugs parasitic to the peasants, and anyway, Xia Jun will no longer tolerate them occupying the means of production, so after the first step of agricultural regulation and control is completed, it is necessary to carry out the second step of agricultural regulation -- to increase the agricultural tax on the landlords.

After the increase in agricultural taxes, a large number of landlords who are not good at management will be brushed down, and suitable landlords and agricultural reclamation companies will be allowed to take over these agricultural materials, so as to sweep aside the bed bugs and leave the elites behind.

Therefore, although this notice is credible, Xia Jun still has a trick.

After this notice was posted, the mood of the landlords in various places was stabilized, and the chaos in Zhejiang soon disappeared, and the township autonomous councils began to operate.

With the posting of notices and the entry of riot police into Jiangxi, the local situation has also stabilized.

The riot policemen were fully armed, with shields, helmets, stun batons, and water cannons, but they did not carry guns.

As soon as they entered Jiangxi, they quickly clashed with the troublemakers. Armed like turtles, the riot policemen were very restrained in the conflict, and some landlords who saw that they did not dare to fight back were sent forward to smash them, only to be knocked to the ground by these riot policemen with electric shock batons, and then arrested one by one.

In just three days, the riot police arrested hundreds of troublemakers, all of whom were imprisoned in the police station for interrogation, and the interrogation was so fast that the rioters quickly confessed to the landlords who had instigated them, and the police station immediately released them, but arrested the landlords who had instigated the trouble.

Xia Jun immediately convened a judicial conference in Jian'an, and immediately determined the "Regulations on the Administration of Social Security", which stipulated that in the case of malicious riots that did not have a certain popular base, the instigators could be sentenced to death and their property confiscated.

This time Xia Jun came to the real thing, and soon the arrested landlords were sentenced to death by the local court, and all family property was confiscated.

When those landlords were shot in public and their property was confiscated, the Jiangxi landlords were suddenly shaken, and they hurriedly ran home one by one, and they didn't dare to make any more trouble.

This time, they made trouble, and they faced a very depressing problem, that is, many people did not support them, and all they could instigate was the members of their own clan, and they even had to pay.

Many landlords knew that under the New Agricultural Management Regulations, it was impossible for those yeoman farmers and tenant farmers to support them.

Now the East China Provisional Political Axe has sent so many riot police officers to Jiangxi, shot out a number of landlords who instigated trouble, and raided their homes. Who would dare to make trouble at the top at this time? Besides, the new agricultural management regulations have not been eliminated, and it is still possible to hire long-term workers by yourself.

The chaotic situation in Jiangxi lasted only six days, and was quickly suppressed by Xia Jun with thunderous means.

The suppression of the chaos in Jiangxi also led to the stability of Zhejiang, and the situation turned back again from a sudden chaotic situation.

At this time, the relief materials mobilized by Xia Jun were also transported to various places one after another, and the grain stores under the East China Group also began to open relief stations in various places.

Anyone who is hungry and has nothing to eat can go to the relief station to eat, only white porridge and steamed buns to eat, nothing else, even if the rich and noble people wearing silk want to come to eat this relief meal.

This kind of righteous act of the East China Grain Bank was quickly praised in various places, and many people went to the East China Grain Bank to buy rice, but there were really many people who went to the relief stations of the East China Grain Bank to eat.

In this era, the people were generally poor, and they could eat and drink for nothing, so they naturally flocked in.

Fortunately, most of the grain in Xia Jun's hands has not been exchanged for money, and there is enough food to support them, but the income from agriculture was originally expected to be nearly 4,000 taels, but after the relief station opened, the income of these 40 million taels will shrink, but Xia Jun does not plan to make this money.

The state ensures the food supply of its citizens and distributes food to citizens free of charge, which is of course very rare in this era, but it is very common in the 21st century, and many countries do it.

After consuming this food, Xia Jun could gain the hearts of the people, so Xia Jun still earned it.

A portrait of Xia Jun was hung on the relief stand, and the propaganda said that this was the policy of the chairman. Aid stations are mainly set up in cities, but less in local towns and villages, and most of those relief supplies are distributed in rural areas, where the population is larger.

Most of the administrative staff were still very well-behaved, and when the relief materials arrived, they began to go around and distribute them to poor households, and a small number of corrupt administrative personnel did not dare to be blatant, but only sold a small part of them, and most of them were still distributed.

The arrival of this batch of relief materials made many people instantly feel the warmth of the temporary political axe in East China, and the people's sentiment index soared all the way.

Correspondingly, the situation in the localities quickly stabilized.

On November 10, a month after the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Ma Liubao, the governor of Jiangxi, sent a telegram to the East China Provisional Political Axe, demanding that the East China Political Axe withdraw from Jiangxi, otherwise necessary measures would be taken.

The East China Temporary Political Axe quickly stabilized the situation in Jiangxi, which surprised Ma Liubao, but the East China Temporary Political Axe invaded Jiangxi's territory and he could not tolerate it, and the most intolerable thing for him was that the East China Temporary Political Axe occupied Jiujiang, Jingdezhen and other rich places.

Jiujiang, as the waterway that guards Poyang Lake into the Yangtze River, can be imagined as an important surname.

Ma Liubao, who already regarded himself as the lord of Jiangxi, could not tolerate these areas falling into the hands of other provinces, and immediately put a military threat on the provisional political axe of East China.

(To be continued)